LulzSec

Two steps back

Two steps back

From Julian Assange to RIM–this year’s reversals of fortune

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Do hackers need to just grow up?

Aaron Crayford was a high school hacker who attacked the Pentagon’s computers, got caught by the FBI, and wasn’t allowed to touch a computer for a decade. His digital exile ended a few years ago, and now he makes a chat app called Mighty. Last week he offered some advice on TechCrunch to the new generation of hackers, those high-profile no-goodniks of Anonymous and LulzSec. His message: don’t hack ’em, join ’em. In his words:

Hacker attack

Hacker attack

A rash of high-profile thefts reveals just how unsafe the Internet we depend on has become

Harper hacked by hash brown

LulzSec has done Harper and Canada a favour by pointing out a dangerous security vulnerability

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Sony owned by hackers: is this the Big One?

So, should we talk about privacy now?